Riding-saddle.



G. W. SHEPHERD.

RIDING SADDLE.

APPLICATION IILED SEPT. 29, 190B.

Patented May 3, 1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARKE W. lElI-IEPI-IERD, OF SPRING HILL, WEST VIRGINIA.

RIDING-SADDLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARKE W. SHEPHERD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Spring Hill, in the county of Kanawha and State of estVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRiding-Saddles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in attachments forriding saddles and my object is to provide a device which will form aguard for the feet and lower limbs of a person from mud or watersplashed by the animal while being ridden.

A further object is to provide means for attaching the guard to parts ofthe saddle.

Other objects and advantages will be here inafter referred to and moreparticularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application,Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved attachment applied touse. spective view of the attachment and parts of the saddle to whichthe same are secured, and, Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the guard andparts attached thereto.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates a saddle,which may be constructed in the usual or any preferred manner and has ateach side thereof, stirrups 2, which are secured to the saddle by meansof the usual or any preferred form of stirrup straps 3.

The prime object of my invention is to protect the feet and lower limbsof the person when riding in the saddle from mud, snow, etc., splashedor thrown by the animal in traveling over the roads and to this end Isecure to the lower bar of the stirrup 2, a plate 4, which plate ispreferably formed of metal and provided along one end with a dependingflange 5, to which is secured a guard 6, preferably formed of a heavystrip of leather or similar material, the upper end of the guard beingsecured to the straps 8, as by means of rivets 77, the guard extendingover the outer face of the strap to a point adjacent the connection ofthe strap with the stirrup and at this point the guard is Fig. 2 1s aper-- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 29, 1908.

Patented May 3, 1910.

Serial No. 455,297.

provided with an opening 8, through which the strap is introduced toengage the stirrup 2.

The forward edge of the guard is extended forwardly of the line of thestirrup strap to form a protection for the knee of the person, while therear edge of the guard is engaged with the end flange 5 of the plate 4,thereby extending said rear edge at right angles to the plane of thebody of the guard, said angular extension 9 preventing mud, etc., fromcoming in contact with the lower limbs of the person, while the plate 4protects the foot of the person.

This improved guard is designed more particularly to be used by personsrequired to travel over all kinds and conditions of roads and isparticularly designed for the use of doctors, as they are frequentlycompelled to travel over roads where it is impossible to use a vehicleand by providing my improved guard and arranging the plate 4 and angularextension 9, the lower limbs of the person will be thoroughly protectedfrom mud, etc., occasioned by the animal in traveling over the road. Itwill likewise be seen that the guard will also prevent the lower limbscoming in contact with the body of the animal and will serve to protectthem from cold piercing winds and if preferred, any suitable form ofheating device may be attached to the lower face of the plate 4 forkeeping the feet warm.

What I claim is:

A stirrup attachment, comprising a guard with an opening adjacent itsbottom for the insertion of a strap and having its rearward end bent atright angles to the body portion and the forward end bent outwardly, anda plate having its inner side edge and rear end bent to form acontinuous depending flange, the upper face of said plate being adaptedto have a stirrup rest thereon, and said shield secured adjacent itsbottom to the depending flange of said plate, whereby the shield is heldand the rear angular portion formed thereon.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLARKE W. SHEPHERD.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH Form, D. W. PATTERSON.

